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Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling
BACKGROUND: Nutrition has become an increasing health concern. From fad diets to exercise programs, the consumer seems to be consulting multiple resources that all provide a different answer in the process of obtaining optimal health. Easily accessible pharmacists may be the sources to answer crucia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345515 http://dx.doi.org/10.24926/iip.v12i2.3634 |
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author | Meier, Megan Singh, Reshmi L. Thyagarajan, Baskaran |
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description | BACKGROUND: Nutrition has become an increasing health concern. From fad diets to exercise programs, the consumer seems to be consulting multiple resources that all provide a different answer in the process of obtaining optimal health. Easily accessible pharmacists may be the sources to answer crucial nutritional issues facing society today. METHODS: Using the results of a previous study about food perceptions among lean and non-lean populations, interview questions were created to determine the populations’ nutrition and pharmacist’s role knowledge. Nutrition knowledge among lean vs. non-lean consumers was assessed by determining experience with pharmacist nutritional counseling, how experience perceptions differed, and how these perceptions can shape a pharmacist’s role. Audio recorded interviews were conducted in a rural setting. Seventy-two English speaking, ambulatory, lean (BMI ≤ 24) and non-lean (BMI ≥ 25) residents between the ages 25-71 years participated in the study in a small western United States town. RESULTS: 26.3% of consumers obtained nutrition information from the internet; however, the internet and healthcare providers were considered the most trustworthy. When asked about the pharmacist’s role in nutrition counseling, 32.7% believed that pharmacists were not a reliable source based on education background. Another 10.2% thought pharmacists were too busy for counseling. DISCUSSION: This study indicates the consumers’ knowledge on pharmacists’ education, willingness to seek out nutrition knowledge, and a pharmacist’s ability to provide nutrition counseling can differ between lean and non-lean consumers. Lean consumers tend to have more interaction with a pharmacist whereas non-lean consumers do not. CONCLUSION: As a profession, pharmacists should educate consumers on reliable nutrition resources, a pharmacist’s education, and how they use their role to provide consumers with nutrition knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-83267002021-08-02 Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling Meier, Megan Singh, Reshmi L. Thyagarajan, Baskaran Innov Pharm Original Research BACKGROUND: Nutrition has become an increasing health concern. From fad diets to exercise programs, the consumer seems to be consulting multiple resources that all provide a different answer in the process of obtaining optimal health. Easily accessible pharmacists may be the sources to answer crucial nutritional issues facing society today. METHODS: Using the results of a previous study about food perceptions among lean and non-lean populations, interview questions were created to determine the populations’ nutrition and pharmacist’s role knowledge. Nutrition knowledge among lean vs. non-lean consumers was assessed by determining experience with pharmacist nutritional counseling, how experience perceptions differed, and how these perceptions can shape a pharmacist’s role. Audio recorded interviews were conducted in a rural setting. Seventy-two English speaking, ambulatory, lean (BMI ≤ 24) and non-lean (BMI ≥ 25) residents between the ages 25-71 years participated in the study in a small western United States town. RESULTS: 26.3% of consumers obtained nutrition information from the internet; however, the internet and healthcare providers were considered the most trustworthy. When asked about the pharmacist’s role in nutrition counseling, 32.7% believed that pharmacists were not a reliable source based on education background. Another 10.2% thought pharmacists were too busy for counseling. DISCUSSION: This study indicates the consumers’ knowledge on pharmacists’ education, willingness to seek out nutrition knowledge, and a pharmacist’s ability to provide nutrition counseling can differ between lean and non-lean consumers. Lean consumers tend to have more interaction with a pharmacist whereas non-lean consumers do not. CONCLUSION: As a profession, pharmacists should educate consumers on reliable nutrition resources, a pharmacist’s education, and how they use their role to provide consumers with nutrition knowledge. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2021-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8326700/ /pubmed/34345515 http://dx.doi.org/10.24926/iip.v12i2.3634 Text en © Individual authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Meier, Megan Singh, Reshmi L. Thyagarajan, Baskaran Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling |
title | Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling |
title_full | Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling |
title_fullStr | Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling |
title_full_unstemmed | Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling |
title_short | Consumer’s Opinion on a Pharmacist’s Role in Nutritional Counseling |
title_sort | consumer’s opinion on a pharmacist’s role in nutritional counseling |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345515 http://dx.doi.org/10.24926/iip.v12i2.3634 |
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